“At the same time, I think books create a sort of network in the reader's mind, with one book reinforcing another. Some books form relationships. Other books stand in opposition. No two writers or readers have the same pattern of interaction.” ThinkingMindTwoBookFormReaderPatternsOppositionInteraction Author:Margaret Mahy
“The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.” ThinkingWayWellsTwoSongProcessSituationGoneDepends Author:Michael McKean
“I love that you can have the language between the two worlds of technology and fashion, because I don't think that many designers get to do that.” ThinkingWorldTwoLanguageTechnologyFashionDesignerTwo Worlds Author:Stella McCartney
“In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I did two period pieces so it was like, 'When are you going to get out of the corsets?' And I was thinking I just got into them!” ThinkingTwoStuffPiecesModernPeriodsContemporaryAustraliaCorsets Author:Frances O'Connor
“I worry that some politicians still think we are living in the 1950s where the man is the main breadwinner and the woman works for pin money. Actually, most families where there are two parents depend on two incomes to get by.” ThinkingMenStillsTwoParentWorryHe ManDependsPoliticianIncomePinsBreadwinner Author:Frances O'Grady
“..(T)here are two opposite reasons for being a democrat. You may think all men so good that they deserve a share in the government of the commonwealth, and so wise that the commonwealth needs their advice. That is, in my opinion, the false, romantic doctrine of democracy. On the other hand, you may believe fallen men to be so wicked that not one of them can be trusted with any irresponsible power over his fellows.” ThinkingMenNeedsBelieveMayTwoReasonHandsGovernmentOpinionDemocracyWiseShareAdviceDeserveOppositesFellowsDemocratDoctrineFallenWickedTrustedIrresponsibleCommonwealthTwo Opposites Author:C. S. Lewis
“We think of the number "five" as applying to appropriate groups of any entities whatsoever - to five fishes, five children, five apples, five days... We are merely thinking of those relationships between those two groups which are entirely independent of the individual essences of any of the members of either group. This is a very remarkable feat of abstraction; and it must have taken ages for the human race to rise to it” ThinkingHumansChildrenTwoAgeIndividualNumbersRaceTakenFiveGroupsMembersLogicEssenceIndependentFishesCertaintyUncertaintyHuman RaceApplesReasoningAppropriateRemarkableEntityAbstractionFeatsOntology Author:Alfred North Whitehead
“Take the particular trick of false names. It seems to us particularly odious. We think when we show our contempt for those who use this subterfuge that we are giving them no more than they deserve. It is a meanness which we associate with criminals and vagabonds; a piece of crawling and sneaking...Men whose race is universally known, will unblushingly adopt a false name as a mask, and after a year or two pretend to treat it as an insult if their original and true name be used in its place.” IfsThinkingMenGivingYearsTwoUseShowsSeemsUsedNamesRaceKnownPiecesParticularDeserveTreatsOriginalsJewCriminalsTricksInsultMaskContemptAssociatesMeannessCrawlingVagabondsSubterfuge Book:The Jews Source: The Jews
“I think more of the little kids from a school in a little village in Niger who get teaching two hours a day, sharing one chair for three of them, and who are very keen to get an education. I have them in my mind all the time. Because I think they need even more help than the people in Athens.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMindLittlesTwoHelpingKidsSchoolThreeHoursTeachingChairsVillageLittle KidAthensNiger Author:Christine Lagarde
“I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper.” ThinkingTwoBodyAbleCertainThreeVoiceFictionFivePaperProfessionFiction WritersSchizophrenic Author:Ridley Pearson
“Sometimes I think on television, you use maybe a tenth of what you are able to do. So it’s nice to go, Well, I’m gonna take two months and reinvest in acting and storytelling. You don’t get to do that on television.” ThinkingWellsTwoSometimesUseAbleActingNiceTelevisionMonthsStorytellingTwo Months Author:Sarah Paulson
“I think actors are divided into two groups: one that wants to be an actor to become famous and rich, and the other that wants to be an actor because they have to be. I'm more in the second group.” ThinkingWantTwoActorsRichGroupsDivided Author:Franka Potente
“But I think people see 'Wallace and Gromit' as something akin to an elderly couple. These two know each other so well. Nothing can split them apart.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWellsTwoCoupleSplitsElderly Author:Nick Park
“I think Helen of Troy must have been pretty hot. She got two countries going crazy for 10 years over her.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensTwoCountryCrazyHotHelenGoing CrazyTwo CountriesHelen Of Troy Author:Colin Quinn
“I don't know where people think I'm from, but I'm from Chicago. It's really just that. People wanna romanticize it and say, 'There's two sides to it, and it's a beautiful love/hate story of violence and music.' But it's really just a very scummy place where people don't have respect for other people's lives.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTwoStoriesBeautifulHateSidesViolenceChicagoRespecting OthersTwo SidesLove HateBeautiful Love Author:Chance the Rapper
“I don't think I went a year or so without a record between 1959 and 1979, sometimes two.” ThinkingYearsTwoSometimesRecords Author:Dave Van Ronk
“In America, after 9/11, and after the death of bin Laden, and after two wars, one of them fought, a lot of people think, on false pretenses, and definitely post the Patriot Act, there are a lot of these questions about what can we do to our citizens in order to prevent the next attack.” PeopleThinkingTwoWarAmericaOrderNextCitizensPostsPatriotBin LadenPretensePatriot ActUsa Patriot Act Author:Gideon Raff
“I have two children. They're grown children. I don't think they particularly enjoy it when I'm in a dangerous situation, but they also understand that this is something I feel strongly about. It's what I've done my whole life.” ThinkingFeelsChildrenTwoDoneWholeEnjoySituationDangerousWhole LifeDangerous SituationsGrown Children Author:Martha Raddatz
“Well, I think in my first two novels, both the characters are pretty neurotic, which I would say that I am.” ThinkingFirstsWellsTwoCharacterNovelNeurotic Author:Curtis Sittenfeld
“I did think there were one or two referees who had a personal thing against me. It wasn't them versus Celtic - it was them against me! I just think they wanted to take me on.” ThinkingTwoWantedTake MeVersusCelticRefereePersonal Things Author:Gordon Strachan
“If you are wealthy enough, use part or all of your Social Security proceeds to invest in a favorite cause or two. Invest 10 percent or 100 percent of your monthly Social Security check in your favorite charity, foundation, think tank, church or synagogue, or other good cause.” IfsThinkingTwoEnoughUseSocialCausesChurchSecurityPercentFoundationCharityChecksWealthySocial SecurityTanksYour FavoriteGood CausesSynagogue Author:Mark Skousen
“He should release the tax returns tomorrow. It's crazy. You've got to release six, eight, ten years back tax returns. Take the hit for a day or two. He has to give a big speech in defense of capitalism, and that will elevate, I think, this race above this tactical back and forth, which I do think he's on the margin of losing.” ThinkingGivingShouldYearsTwoBigsRaceCrazyReturnTomorrowRepublicanTenTaxesSpeechSixLosingCapitalismEightDefenseReleaseBack And ForthMarginsTacticalTax Returns Author:William Kristol
“One or two of my friends set longevity records for people who had AIDS. What they did, incredibly hard though it was, was to practice meditation, positive thinking and they worked out physically quite a bit.” PeopleThinkingTwoHardBitsPracticeRecordsMeditationPositive ThinkingHealthBuddhismMy FriendsAidsLongevityAthletics Author:Frederick Lenz
“I think every singer should be able to jump in for a singer who has been sick, for instance, and learn an opera in two days. I know people who can do it.” PeopleThinkingKnowsShouldHas BeensTwoAbleCan DoSickSingersInstanceOperaTwo Days Author:Bryn Terfel
“I think it's part of your mental health to let go of things. I think if you would have it all right there, it would be a little overwhelming. I don't know how you'd have a relationship. When you have a relationship, don't two people collude to kind of forget certain things?” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsKindLittlesTwoWould BeCertainForgetKnow HowLetting GoMental HealthOverwhelming Author:Dylan Walsh
“The way I think of it, economics and ecology occupy two intellectual silos, isolated from each other. Even when they do take each other into consideration, it's not uncommon for ecologists to spout absolute nonsense about economics, and vice versa.” ThinkingWayTwoIntellectualEconomicsAbsolutesVicesNonsenseConsiderationIsolatedEcologyVice VersaUncommon Author:Charles C. Mann
“People look at film in a gallery, and if they walk out after two minutes they know they haven't seen the whole work. But then people look at a painting for two minutes and think they've seen it. Certain paintings are made to be consumed fast. But some require a slowed-down time. You have to go back to them.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsLooksMadeTwoWholeFilmCertainWalksMinutesHavensPaintingConsumedGalleryDown Time Author:Julie Mehretu
“I don't really understand what the public perception of me is. I think public perception and reality are two wholly different things.” ThinkingTwoDifferentRealityPerceptionDifferent Things Author:Tamara Mellon
“I Am Number Four' definitely borrows from a whole bunch of genres and has a whole bunch of different themes throughout. And I think if it was just one stale two-dimensional thing then it would be kind of boring. And I think they did a fantastic job.” IfsThinkingKindTwoDifferentWholeWould BeJobsNumbersFourBoringBunchFantasticGenreThemeJust OneBe KindStale Author:Callan McAuliffe
“I think positive. I always think we're going to score. Two minutes is a lot of time if you have timeouts and you're throwing every down. You have to make the right decisions. I've always had great receivers, which helps. It's not just me doing it.” IfsThinkingTwoHelpingDecisionMinutesScoreThrowingThink PositiveRight DecisionReceiverMake The Right Decision Author:Dan Marino